DISCOVERING | Preserving Ford's Alberta Sawmill | Copper Country Boat Tours

Episode 38 - "Henry Ford built a town"....The Alberta Village Sawmill is a historical gem to the lumbering history of the western U.P. A year ago it was almost demolished. Today it's being preserved. Learn all about it and see inside this mostly intact sawmill.
While we're on the local history theme, Copper Country Boat Tours offers tours of the Portage Canal between Houghton and Hancock. Join us for a ride and learn a little history and see the sights from the water.
Book a tour at: www.dragonflycopper.com/
AND my bear skull is done!! Check it out.
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Archival video of Alberta Village Sawmill from Ford Motor Company and Dave Stimac.
Historical photos from Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.

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  • @LadyYoop
    @LadyYoop Жыл бұрын

    You do such a FINE job...this is so awesome!! Baby Bro went to Alberta...he's got 25 years in w/his employer. Nephew went there too...he just started work, and they love the boy...he's going up that ladder fast! And that boat tour...gorgeous. Hat's off!

  • @discovertheup

    @discovertheup

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    That's awesome! Glad to hear going to school there has paid off!!

  • @detroitbill332
    @detroitbill332 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome show!

  • @disturbedsledneck
    @disturbedsledneck Жыл бұрын

    Super interesting video. Nice job.

  • @discovertheup

    @discovertheup

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    Thank you very much!

  • @1989Falkor
    @1989Falkor Жыл бұрын

    thanks!

  • @Sksk27547
    @Sksk27547 Жыл бұрын

    Henry Ford, was quite a guy. I wonder from who he got his $ loans from. There was 1 business man at the time, named Jay Gould. He never got any loans and was almost as rich as Henry Ford. Jay in not spoken of because of the public education system prohibits such nonsense as how they put it.

  • @discovertheup

    @discovertheup

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    Something to research someday!